Bradshaw initially planned to have all the huts flown to their sites on Anzac weekend, but the Covid-19 pandemic’s Level 4 and 3 restrictions put the mockers on that, and he’s now targeting the end of next month.

By then, he and his team will probably have to dig down through snow to the foundation frames so the Turks can be lowered into place by helicopter.

Lasting legacy: Mountain Turk Club founder Erik Bradshaw

But after weeks of frustration, he’s glad things are rolling again.

“There’s been so much uncertainty about when [Covid-19 restrictions] were going to end, so we couldn’t plan anything.”

He’s designed the huts as well as their separate toilets.

On Wednesday, he and a team of helpers removed an older Turk from Mt Sale, above Arrowtown.

That’s in readiness for replacing it with one of the new improved versions.